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Lady Raiders Outlast Fordham To Open South Point Shootout
November 27, 2015 | Women's Basketball
Dayo Olabode led the way with 19 points and 9 rebounds in Texas Tech's 62-48 win over Fordham on Friday.
Nov. 27, 2015
LAS VEGAS -- Behind a spectacular second half defensive effort, the Texas Tech Lady Raiders opened the South Point Shootout with a 62-48 win over Fordham, on Friday, at the Priefert Pavilion.
Both teams took a while to warm up, as Fordham led 4-2 more than three minutes into the contest, but Tech caught fire quickly. The Lady Raiders finished the opening frame on a 16-4 run and lead, 18-6, after the first quarter.
Fordham battled back with an 8-0 run to close the gap early in the second quarter. The teams exchanged buckets until Japreece Dean shook her defender and hit a step back jumper to give the Lady Raiders a 34-30 halftime lead.
🚨🚨Buzzer Beater Alert🚨🚨 Japreece Dean hits the step back jumper to give Tech a 34-30 halftime lead! #WreckEm pic.twitter.com/AEhq51NFxw
-- Lady Raider WBB (@LadyRaiderWBB) November 28, 2015
With 1:30 remaining, and the same totals on the scoreboard, Dayo Olabode launched a desperation three as the shot clock expired and banked it in to slam the door on Fordham. That was one of Olabode's career-high three three-pointers. She finished with 19 points and nine rebounds.
Over the last two games, Olabode has 41 scored points and has shot 16-25 (64.0%) from the field.
"I thought we did a great job defending their inside game," Texas Tech head coach Candi Whitaker said. "They have really good interior players, so I was proud of the effort shown by our post players tonight. Also, I thought Dayo [Olabode]had a great game again. She has been really good over these past couple games."
Rayven Brooks was the stat sheet stuffer for the Lady Raiders, scoring eight points, pulling down six rebounds and dishing out a career-high seven assists.
"I thought Rayven Brooks had a great game," Whitaker said. "She did a great job of getting us going offensively and finding people at crucial times, when our offense didn't have a lot of tempo. She did a fantastic job tonight."
Japreece Dean was a late spark plus once again for the Lady Raiders, scoring eight of her 14 points in the second half. She also had five rebounds, three assists and a steal.
Shot clock cheese!! Dayo Olabode banks in a desperation three as the shot clock buzzer sounds! 58-48 Tech! (1:22 - 4th). #WreckEm
-- Lady Raider WBB (@LadyRaiderWBB) November 28, 2015
Texas Tech held Fordham to just 18 points in the second half and allowed the Rams to shoot just 8-27 (29.6%) from the floor over the final two frames. Texas Tech had seven steals and forced 16 Fordham turnovers. Tech also dominated on the glass, out-rebounding Fordham 45-33, and scoring 30 points in the paint compared to Fordham's 16.
Tech shot 26-57 (45.6%) from the floor and had 12 assists as a team.
The Lady Raiders will be back in action tomorrow, Nov. 28, against Washington, with tipoff scheduled for 8:45 p.m., CT.
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